RE: 4 Officers Shot Dead By Snipers, 7 Wounded in Dallas Protest Against Police Violence
July 8, 2016 at 5:21 pm
(This post was last modified: July 9, 2016 at 12:42 am by Losty.)
(July 8, 2016 at 1:09 pm)Tiberius Wrote:(July 8, 2016 at 12:47 pm)Huggy74 Wrote: *emphasis mine*
Clearly there are exceptions to the rule when you are dealing with a copy who is trigger happy.
My advice, which I have heard from numerous lawyers giving talks, is to ask permission to do anything before you do it. If the cop asks for your license, ask them "Can I get into my vehicle to get it?", don't just assume you can. Likewise, if the license is in your pocket, ask "Can I reach into my pocket to get my license?" before you do so.
Whilst we shouldn't have to do these things, the fact that cops get shot at by armed civilians makes them wary of any sudden movements, so always be wary of how any action may look to a cop.
As a separate addition to the thread. My wife and I went and delivered some coffee and donuts to our local police station this morning. They were very grateful for the support. If you have the time and money, go show your support of the police by doing something similar.
Your advice sounds to me like "be terrified of police" and they already make me really nervous.
A police officer's job is to serve and protect. A police officer's job is not to kill anything that could possibly be a threat to you. Do they deserve to be paid more? Yes. One of my closest friends is a police officer. His daughter is my goddaughter. He's an excellent person. I know a lot of the officers here and I think they're all fantastic. People should never live their lives afraid of the police. Afraid to move around them. It's crazy. What if you have a seizure and they shoot you? It probably already has happened. What if you're a small child with a toy that looks like a gun and they shoot you?
I suppose we need to add, never have a seizure around the police. Always have yourself between your children and the police. Never allow your children to move or have a toy around the police. Where does it end?
How things should be: a police officer puts her/his life on the line to serve and protect. Through following proper procedures we hope they make it home safely every night, but that is not their first responsibility. Their responsibility it to the people they serve.
How things should not be: civilians put their lives on the line when they interact with the police. Through following proper procedure they will hopefully make it home safely to their families.
The civil unrest will not end until there is a change and the people as a whole are not going to accept "be more careful if you don't want to be shot by the police".
To me it's another reason for gun control. In Germany for instance, the police don't really shoot civilians because they already know they don't have a gun. Likely, there are a lot of countries where something like two officers holding a man to the ground and shooting him would never happen. Maybe Mexico...I dunno.
